Narcosis 2022

Narcosis 2022

Narcosis 2022

Narcosis 2022
1h 50m | Drama, Mystery, Romance | Release date: October 20, 2022 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

A close-knit family is disrupted when the father fails to resurface during a professional dive. No funeral, no goodbye, just a house full of memories. Burdened by the elusive loss, Merel evades her husband’s death and everything related to it. Her young children become entangled in their search for answers, eventually bringing the family to a hard stand. Merel has no choice but to face the loss in her own unique way, to start a new life together.

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Lupu 2013

Lupu 2013

Lupu 2013

Lupu 2013
1h 17m | Drama | Release date: October 4, 2013 (Romania)

Storyline:

Wolf is a lonely boy who surrounds himself by a world that responds to his desires. He brings Clara, the girl he loves, inside this world but when he can’t be sure if she is still real or become imaginary he feels trapped and wants to escape.

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Servants 2020

Servants 2020

Servants 2020

Servants 2020
Sluzobníci (original title)
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: March 2020 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young students must decide if he will give into the temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or if he will subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police.

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Daily Life At The Christmas Brand Homes 1952

Daily Life At The Christmas Brand Homes 1952

Daily Life At The Christmas Brand Homes 1952

Daily Life At The Christmas Brand Homes 1952
19m | Documentary | 1952

Plot:

Film about the six Christmas mark homes in Denmark, where over 1,000 vulnerable and especially needy children are helped each year. The film opens with b/w footage of poor children in Copenhagen backyards. Then a series of everyday pictures in color from the homes Lindersvold near Præstø, Hobro, Fjordmark near Kollund, Mørkøv, Kildemose near Ølsted and Holbølls Minde near Svendborg are shown. Also b/w footage from King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s visit to Hobro in 1949. The year of the film is uncertain. Many of the recordings can also be seen in ‘Julemærkefilmen 1952’.

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The Scouting Book for Boys 2009

The Scouting Book for Boys 2009

The Scouting Book for Boys 2009

The Scouting Book for Boys 2009
1h 33m | Drama, Thriller | Release date: March 19, 2010 (Ireland)

Storyline:

Best friends David and Emily enjoy their carefree life in a coastal caravan park. When they learn that Emily is being forced to move away, David he agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. Emily’s absence soon becomes complicated, as David watches the effect on her family and police suspect one of their neighbors of involvement. When Emily tells David the real reason she wants to hide, his world is shattered. With his complex feelings for Emily growing stronger due to their shared hidden existence, David takes action.

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Red, White & Royal Blue 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue 2023

Red, White & Royal Blue 2023
1h 58m | Comedy, Romance | Release date: August 11, 2023 (United States)

Storyline:

Based on the Casey McQuiston Novel of the same name, this story focuses on Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the president of the United States and his rivalry with the young prince, Henry. After causing a major uproar at the older Prince’s Brother’s wedding, the two are forced to avoid a National incident by up-playing their non existent friendship with a goodwill visit to the UK. Their rivalry soon turns into a forced friendship and then blossoms into something even more. The two try to keep their relationship a secret despite their highly public lives amid his mother’s re-election campaign as the first female President.

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How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006
Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Romania September 15, 2006

Storyline:

Bucharest 1989: the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva’s decision to leave, so with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

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Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995
1h 13m | Adventure, Drama | Country of origin: Mexico

Storyline:

Leon, a young 14 year-old, is obsessed with Osbelia, a dream-girl. Leon decides to follow her to Guadalajara, leaving behind his small world at home. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.

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